Minuscule 748 Explained

Minuscule 748 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε1203 (von Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament written on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 12th century. The manuscript has no complex contents.[3] [4] Scrivener labelled it as 758e.[5]

Description

The codex contains a complete text of the four Gospels on 278 parchment leaves (size), with numerous lacunae.[3] The leaves are arranged in octavo (eight leaves in quire). The text is written in one column per page, 19 lines per page.

ContentsMatthew 7:25-8:28; 12:36-13:8; 13:38-28:20; Mark 1:1-6:1; 6:10-7:22; 7:23-16:20; Luke 1:1-3:18; 3:34-8:53; 9:9-16:11; 16:21-23:49; 24:6-53; John 1:1-15:6; 16:19-18:18; 18:38-19:29.

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles) at the top. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections (in Mark 237 sections, last numbered sections ends in 16:15), without references to the Eusebian Canons.[6]

It contains tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, lectionary markings at the margin, incipits, and subscriptions at the end of the Gospels.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category V.[7]

Hermann von Soden classified it to the textual family Ir. According to the Claremont Profile Method it belongs to the textual cluster 686.[8]

History

Scrivener[5] and Gregory dated the manuscript to the 12th century.[6] The manuscript is currently dated by the INTF to the 12th century.[4]

It was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scrivener (758) and Gregory (748). Gregory saw the manuscript in 1885.[6]

The manuscript is now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 903) in Paris.

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Notes and References

  1. [Hermann von Soden]
  2. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 74.
  3. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 91 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  4. http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php Handschriftenliste
  5. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . 4 . London . 1 . 270 .
  6. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 218 .
  7. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 139 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  8. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 65 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .